Compositor&#39;s copy rack



Nov. 13, 1934.

COMPOSITORS COPY RACK Filed Dec. 21, 1933 fig-/ a A TORNE Y PatentedNov. 13, 1934 UNITED STATES COMIPOSITOR S COPY RACK Ben E. Hayes,

Jackson, Mich.

Application December 21, 1933, Serial No. 703,497

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in copy holders or racks, for useby compositors in printing oifices, in connection with stereotype trucksof turtles, whereupon the printers chase and assembled type matter arelaid for the purpose and in the process of placing the latter in properrelation, composition and form in the chase, prior to its going to theprinting press.

The common practice in composing rooms at the present time is to depositall printers copy, dummy of the make-up, instruction sheets and likematter supplied to the compositor, upon the truck or turtle along withthe chase, assembled type and other matter used in and about thecomposition of the form of the proposed printed page. This practice isinconvenient and annoying to the compositor and causes loss of time,loss and injury to copy and type set-ups, and generally, manydisturbances in the compositors operations.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a practical andconvenient means and place for holding the printers copy, dummy,instruction sheets and like matterwhere the same are at one and the sametime kept off of the top of the truck and out of the way of the handlingand placing of the type set-ups, and yet in a practical andaccommodating place and disposition, of easy access when required. I

My invention provides for the convenient and orderly placing and holdingin readiness for use of the printers copy in like sequence and numericalorder as the type set-up for the same is to occupy in the chase. Thetype set-ups bear numbers which designate their relative and respectivepositions in the chase, from number one upwards, as required. The copyfor each type set-up bears the same number as the set-up. The dummy isdivided into spaces, each space designating the position Which a certaintype set-up is to occupy in the chase, and each such space bearing thesame number as the set-up which is to occupy it.

All printers copy, the set-ups of which are to be placed in the chase,are so numbered and then assembled in a pile in consecutive numericalorder, with copy number one on the top. The pile is then placed, faceforward, and held in its proper place in the compositors rack.

The device embodying my invention, also provides for holding in likeconvenient position, the dummy. It also provides for convenient and safedisposal of each piece of printers copy, after the type set-up thereofhas been assembled in its proper position in the chase, by removing saidused copy to a place provided therefor in the device, thus leaving thenext consecutively numbered piece of copy exposed for like use anddisposition.

Thus the object of the invention is attained.

The copy, dummy, instruction sheets and other matter are removed fromdisorderly array upon the top of the chase and type matter; the latterare left free for handling, while the former are disposed in order andwithin the range of vision of the compositor.

I accomplish a further object by my invention, namely, a greaterconvenience and saving of time in the composition of printed matter;also avoid loss and destruction of copy and type matter, and generallyfacilitate the smooth and unhindered operations of the compositors inthe printing industry.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which is rugged inform and materialv of construction, not easily broken or destroyed,simple of use and operation and which can be manufactured and sold at aprice which will make it available for common use in the field of itscontemplated use.

The accompanying drawing and the following description disclose apreferred form of my invention, and other objects and advantages of theinvention will appear therefrom.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a rear elevation View in perspectiveof a compositors copy rack, embodying a preferred form of my invention,mounted upon the top of a stereotype truck or turtle; Figure 2, aperspective and partial sectional detail view at point A on Figure 1,showing the manner of attaching the cross members 2 and 2 to the framemember 1; Figure 3, a sectional view taken along the line B-B in Fi ure1, showing the manner of making marginal reinforcements of the wings 4and 5; and Figure 4, an elevation view in perspective of a stereotypetruck, commonly called a turtle, showing the compositcrs copy rack,Figure 1, mounted thereupon. It is to be understood that the stereotypetruck is not a part of my invention, nor in any way included or coveredin my claim. I

The entire device is made of steel or other suitable materials, whichare adaptable for the intended purposes.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Numeral 1 is the member comprising the frame of the rack.

Numerals 2-2 are frame reinforcing crossmembers, composed of steel wireor other suitable material, fixedly attached to frame member 1 at pointsof contact therewith, and located near the top of the rack. Thereinforcing members are extended at one side beyond the confines of therack frame, and also serve to effect marginal reinforcements to thewinglike member 4. There may be, if desired, a greater number of crossmembers 2 disposed at desired intervals across the frame, according tothe number of winglike members 4 which may be desired to add, ashereinafter stated.

Numeral 3 is a frame reinforcing cross-member, fixedly attached to framemember 1 at points of contact therewith. There may be a plurality ofsaid members 3, disposed at any desired intervals above and below theposition of the member 3 which is shown in the drawing, if more than oneof same is found desirable.

Numeral 4 is a winglike member connected'on one side of the rack toframe member 1 by being rigidly attached to the extensions ofcrossmembers 22. This member is composed of light gauge terne plate orother sheet metal, its function being to support in a suspendedmannerithe pile of live printers copy while the same is in use by thecompositor, and tofurnish a support or mounting for the member which soholds saidcopy;

Numeral. 5 is a winglike side member, composed of light gauge terneplate or other sheet metaLtheupper and lower margins of which arereinforced by steel wire or other suitable material. These reinforcingwires are extended at :oneend or the wing, and turned in such manher asto form eyelike terminals thereto. The said terminals are formed aroundframe mem-- ber 1 so as to form a hinge like connection between'frameand wing, permitting the latter to be swung backward and forward asdesired.

The function of this member 5 is to form a supportfor dead or usedprinters copy after the composition of the type set-up thereof iscompleted. Said member also acts as a support or mounting for the memberthat holds the copyin placewhen hung upon the rack. Wing 5 is mounted onframe substantially opposite wing 4. The: purpose of making wing member5susceptible of being swung backward and-forward is to permit. its beingfolded back against the rear side of the rack, out of the way of, andfree from collisions with persons or other moving objects, when'notrequired to be in forward position.

While one only of each fixed and movable winglike member is shown anddescribed respectively, nevertheless, it is to be understood that'aplurality of each or either of these wings.

4 and 5 may be, in like manner as above de scribed, attached to. framemember 1, at suitable intervals below the positions of the said wings,respectively, ashere shown in the draw- Numerals 6--6 arelight gaugesheets of terne plate'or other suitable metals, mounted fixedly at thetop of frame member '1, near the respective upper corners thereof, andpendant therefrom; their functions being to support the compositorsdummy sheet and afford mountings for the members that hold the dummy inthe desiredposition when it is hung upon the rack. Numeral 7 is a lightgauge metal sheet like unto members 66, fixedly attached to framereinforcing cross-members 22, and midway between. the sides of theframe, the same functioning as a support for such compositors materialsas instruction sheets and diagrams, and as a mounting for the memberwhich holds such materials in place when hung upon the rack.

Numerals 88888 are spring paper clips,.such as may be procured atstationery stores. The same may be fixedly mounted in instruction sheetsin place upon the rack. It is obvious however, that other means ofholding copy, dummy and other such matter in place upon the rack, may beadopted, such as hooks, clamps or pins, at the option of themanufacturer, without departing from the spirit of my claim.

The rack may be installed upon the stereotype truck, or upon any otherarticle of furniture or fixturewhere its functions may be performed,vbywhat Iconsider as the'preferred method of inserting the lower ends ofthe side'framememher 1 into sockets 9-9 in the top of the truck. Themanner. of mounting the rack is not a fac-' tor of my invention, norcovered or included in my claim. r

The mounting may be accomplished in a number of ways, one of which isillustrated inFig ure 4 by numerals l010 which represent bracketsattached to thetruck top for the purpose. Anysuch method of mountingthe. rack may be used without departing from the spirit'of my inventionand claim. The illustrations :of dif-' ferent methods of mountings givenin the drawing and description, are merely for the purpose of more fullydisclosing the. application and utility of my invention.

Having thus described my invention; what I- claim is: r

A compositors copy rack, comprising a frame having a plurality ofreinforcing members, laterally disposed crosswise thereof, at anydesired:

intervals, and two or more of said cross-members being located near thetop of the frame and all of same being fixedly attached to-the-frame'thereof,-said extended ends of the rods being turned around the sidemember of the frame so as to form ahingelike attachment between saidmovable winglike member and the'rack frame, in such manner as to permita backward and forward swinging movement ofthe said movable member; andhaving fixedly mounted' in pendant position upon the topof the rackframe,"and-upon any one or more of the frame cross-members, platelikemembers, and mounted upon said platelike members andiuponthe fixed andmovable winglike members suitable means: for holding in place upon therack, printerscopy, dummysheets, instruction sheets and other likeprinters materials, as substantially. set

forth.

BEN E. HAYES.

